Philippine Senator Antonio

Trillanes: 'President Duterte

wanted me killed'
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wants him behind bars, but Senator
Antonio Trillanes is resisting arrest by taking refuge in his Senate office. In a DW
interview, the senator accuses Duterte of being a dictator.

Last week, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio
Trillanes, a retired naval officer and one of Duterte's fiercest critics.
Trillanes, who backs an International Criminal Court probe into Duterte's crackdown on
drug suspects, was a candidate for vice president in the 2016 elections.
In 2010, Trillanes was pardoned by then president Benigno Aquino III for his botched coup
d'etat attempts to overthrow a previous government. But on September 4, Duterte revoked
Trillanes' amnesty and ordered that he be arrested and tried in a military court.
Since then, Trillanes has taken refuge in his Senate office to avoid arrest. Thousands of
Trillanes' supporters are guarding his office in Manila.
In an interview with DW, Trillanes talks about his arrest orders and the public support for
him.
Philippine's Duterte orders
opposition senator be arrested
The arrest of Philippine senator Antonio Trillanes has been ordered by President
Rodrigo Duterte while visiting Israel. Trillanes backs an International Criminal
Court probe into Duterte's crackdown on drug suspects.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque told reporters in Jerusalem Tuesday that Duterte had
revoked a 2010 amnesty given to Trillanes (pictured above) in an executive order published
in the Manila Timesnewspaper.
Trillanes, a former military serviceman turned Duterte detractor and opposition
senator, said his expected arrest amounted to "political persecution" and went on to
describe Duterte as a "dictator."
"He does not respect institutions. That is why we're like this: ordinary people are killed and
critics are jailed," Trillanes said, adding he would not resist or flee.

Amnesty violated?
Philippine Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Duterte had signed the revocation last
week, asserting that Trillanes had failed to comply with amnesty rules set for his alleged
involvement in a past failed coup and mutiny.
An arrest of Trillanes would be the second among a vocal Senate minority after Leila de
Lima, a former justice secretary held for 18 months.